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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Snyder, Gregory J.
Titre(s) : Graffiti lives [Texte imprimé] : beyond the tag in New York's urban underground / Gregory J. Snyder
Publication : New York : New York University Press, 2009
Description matérielle : xii, 241 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm
Collection : Alternative criminology series
Lien à la collection : Alternative criminology series
Comprend : 1. Getting In ; Starting the Blackbook ; A Brief History of Graffiti Writing ; Crime
Space vs. Cool Space: Breaking Down Broken Windows ; 2. Getting Up ; VERT: First
Contact ; Writer's Block: Blackbook in the Streets ; Welcome to ESPO Land ; ESPO:
Illustrating Struggle ; Into the Tunnel: Under Manhattan ; A Pilgrimage to MEK:
A Bronx Graffiti Tour ; Legal Graffiti: Contemporary Permission Spots ; Style Points:
ESPO's Brooklyn Mural ; Illustrating Criminal: Split PSOUP ; AME: Bombing Styles,
Inventing Self ; AMAZE: Out-of-Towner Gets Up in the Tunnel ; The Grate Graffiti
Solution: ESPO's Public Surface Announcement ; 3. Getting Out ; Over the Wall: Graffiti
Media and Creating a Career ; Writing Style: It's Not What You Wear ; Career Opportunities:
Rewriting Subculture Resistance ; Timmy Tattoo: Timmy's Long Island Tattoo Shop ;
Gabe Banner: Market Wise ; ESPO/Steve Powers: Dreamland Artist Club ; CODA: Graffiti
for Life ; Appendix. The New Ethnography.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-226) and index
"On buildings, bridges, billboards, mailboxes, and street signs, and especially in
the subway and train tunnels, graffiti covers much of New York City. Love it or hate
it, graffiti, from the humble tag to the intricate "piece" (short for masterpiece),
is an undeniable part of the cityscape. In Graffiti Lives, Gregory J. Snyder offers
a fascinating and rare look into contemporary graffiti culture. Based on over ten
years of extensive research, Snyder brings to life this largely unknown world through
compelling portraits of scores of writers - some now famous artists in their own right.
He takes us inside the creative process, explains the codes of this subculture and
helps us to read the often hard to decipher pieces and tags." "A combination of amazing
"flicks"--Over sixty works are showcased - and exhilarating prose, Graffiti Lives
is ultimately an exploration into how graffiti writers define themselves. They are
bound together not by appearance, birthplace, or class but by what they do. And what
they do is reach for fame, painting their names as prominently as they can, getting
up whenever and wherever. What's more, Snyder discovers that, though many public officials
think graffiti writing will only lead to other criminal activity, many graffiti writers
have turned their youthful exploits into adult careers - from professional aerosol
muralists and fine artists to designers of all kinds, employed in such fields as tattooing,
studio art, magazine production, fashion, and guerilla marketing. Snyder's illuminating
work shows that getting up tags, throw-ups, and pieces on New York City's walls and
subway tunnels can lead to getting out into the city's competitive professional world.
Graffiti Lives details the exciting, risky, and surprisingly rewarding pursuits of
contemporary graffiti writers."--Jacket
Sujet(s) : Graffiti -- New York (États-Unis ; État) -- New York (N.Y., États-Unis)
Contre-culture -- New York (États-Unis ; État) -- New York (N.Y., États-Unis)
Moeurs et coutumes -- New York (N.Y., États-Unis)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780814740453 (cl) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0814740456 (cl) (alk. paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42516858s
Notice n° :
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